Caught the fever - found a 275

[TwilightLane]

Well I've been taking a break from the build for a while. I've been prowling garage sales for a couple of months looking for an old coleman lantern or stove. Zip! I didnt find a darn thing.

So I mention to my wife one morning and she said she'd have a look. 15 minutes later she texts me: she found a lantern, a green metal sided coleman cooler and a 1 gallon metal water jug. Score! The lantern was three bucks! In it's original box.



Here it is before I cleaned it up a bit:

[TwilightLane]

A little chip on the cap. Otherwise it seems to be in fine condition.

[TwilightLane]

Here it is all spiffed up. I added some fuel, realized I needed to oil up the leather cup in the plunger, put on a new set of mantles (that were in the bottom of the box) and it lit right up. Cool!

[Justin & Katy]

Looks great! Everyone needs a turd! What year is it?

[starleen2]

Nice Find

[High Desert]

Good find Twilight! Congrats, and welcome to the fun

[teardrop_focus]

"All NEW Design"



Love those '70s turds. One would look great between two '50s lanterns.

[Zollinger]

I wanna turd!

[TwilightLane]

It's stamped on the underside with a 1 and a 79. Does that meanit was produced in January 1979??

[Kevin A]

It's stamped on the underside with a 1 and a 79. Does that meanit was produced in January 1979??

Yup

[COCamper]

Looking sharp! I need to get me one of those!

[Justin & Katy]

If it had been a 2/79 that would be my brithday lantern and I would be extremely jealous.

[TwilightLane]

Did I type a "1", my mistake! Such fat fingers!! Such sloppyness!! I meant to type a "2".

Nah just kidding. It's a "1".